Coordinate Dimensions in CAD?

[Anonymous]

Help! I need to know if it's possible to pick a point in ACAD Mechanical
and it list the coordinate points out to the side in like a table format. I
know ordinate dimensioning, but that isn't what I need.

[Anonymous]

I'll bet there's a .lsp somewhere to do that. I'd post this in
customization and see what you get

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Richard Chalmers
Design Engineer, Weatherend Estate Furniture
rchalmers@weatherend.com


"Jason Bryan" wrote in message
news:9722C8CB53F448B9A619D5453732A0E4@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Help! I need to know if it's possible to pick a point in ACAD Mechanical
> and it list the coordinate points out to the side in like a table format.
I
> know ordinate dimensioning, but that isn't what I need.
>
>

[Anonymous]

In AutoCAD you can rest the crosshairs on a grip and the coordinates will be
retuned in the bottom left corner. Course you'd have to write down the
information manually. Or use LIST to get your point information

--
Richard Chalmers
Design Engineer, Weatherend Estate Furniture
rchalmers@weatherend.com


"Jason Bryan" wrote in message
news:9722C8CB53F448B9A619D5453732A0E4@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Help! I need to know if it's possible to pick a point in ACAD Mechanical
> and it list the coordinate points out to the side in like a table format.
I
> know ordinate dimensioning, but that isn't what I need.
>
>

[Anonymous]

"Jason Bryan" wrote in message
news:9722C8CB53F448B9A619D5453732A0E4@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Help! I need to know if it's possible to pick a point in ACAD Mechanical
> and it list the coordinate points out to the side in like a table format.
> I know ordinate dimensioning, but that isn't what I need.



From what I remember about Mechanical, there is a built in tool for creating
hole charts. Instead of creating points, create tiny circles. Check out
the help file.

[drobinson72]

Here is a small lisp routine I use. Copy and paste it in a LISP folder. Load it and type and it will place the coordinates where you pick.

(defun c:anotptne (/ pt1 a d tx)
(setvar "AUNITS" 0)
(while
(setq pt1 (getpoint "\nPick point "))
(setq PT1X (car PT1))
(setq PT1Y (cadr PT1))
(setq txn (strcat "N=" (rtos PT1Y)))
(setq pt3 (getpoint "Pick Point for N..."))
(command "text" "c" pt3 "" txn)
(setq txe (strcat "E=" (rtos PT1X)))
(setq pt2 (getpoint "Pick Point for E.."))
(command "text" "c" pt2 "" txe)

)
)


[donb]

Hi Jason,

Yes there is. On the tool bar use Annotate-Hole Charts.
This will list hole size and/or hole location from a base point that you choose.

donb